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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Jane Kirby

Breast cancer cases and deaths set to rise dramatically by 2050, data suggests

Around 23% of breast cancer cases in the UK are thought to be preventable (Alamy/PA) -

The number of women in the UK diagnosed with breast cancer and dying from the disease is set to rise dramatically by 2050, data suggests.

New figures from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of the World Health Organisation, projects breast cancer cases will rise by 21% in the UK and deaths from breast cancer by 42% by 2050.

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